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Instead, he was more likely to take a sardonic view of the demands of love.
DAVE FRISHBERG, COMPOSER AND PERFORMER OF INVENTIVE, WITTY JAZZ SONGS, DIES AT 88MATT SCHUDELNOVEMBER 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Adam Honoré’s lush lighting — smoky hues of amber, gold and blue — complements Sonnenblick’s sumptuous score, which is highlighted by the heartfelt “The Mercy of Love,” the boisterous “Wallace Falls” and the cleverly sardonic “My Boy in Blue.”
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He has a knack for combining the spiritual and sincere with the sardonic and self-deprecating.
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Depending on the part, he can give gravitas, sardonic wit, boyish twinkly humor, or a combination of the three.
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Supplementing Bourdain’s words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain.
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Just smiled, a sardonic sort of grimace, and unbuckled his belt and handed it over without a word.
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Then the frown was smoothed away; a sardonic smile replaced it; another cup of wine he poured himself.
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Countless dogs fought under the feet of passers-by, and over all leered the sardonic face of Jean Bart, pirate and privateer.
THE AMAZING INTERLUDEMARY ROBERTS RINEHART
The attitude in which I was, my hands clasped round my knees, consorted with sardonic merriment.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKE
A sardonic smile played over the white lips of Azenor the Pale.
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